Published (printed) photos have Overprint Issues with LULU Press

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Published (printed) photos have Overprint Issues with LULU Press

I am trying to publish a book of photos (there is very little text) with LULU Press. I did my layout in Apple "Pages" from photos edited and downloaded from Apple "Photos" and then I produce the required PDF that I upload to Lulu. The inside printed photos lack sharpness, definition, contrast, and true blacks. Lulu tells me the “text file has an overprint issue”. The cover photo, which is duplicated inside the book, is perfect. The cover is generated not from my PDF but internally in Lulu from a photo I uploaded directly to Lulu. When I run the PDF through Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat tells me there is no overprint issue. An editor suggested I switch to Adobe InDesign. Has anyone else had this problem? Any ideas for a solution? It will be a lot of additional work to redo everything.

You can view my photos at https://www.hill70press.com

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Dec 17, 2023 4:30 PM

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Answer 1

VikingOSX

Level 10

123,350 points

Dec 18, 2023 3:49 AM in response to SilverCloud1948

Why are you not using the third-party photo print plug-ins for Apple Photos that allow you to organize your photos in a book style of your choice, order, and receive a photo book as discussed in:

macOS - Print Products - Apple

That eliminates Apple's Pages application, LuLu, and PDF finger-pointing.

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Answer 2

Dec 18, 2023 9:30 AM in response to VikingOSX

I looked into the other printers that provide printing directly from "Photos" and the cost is prohibitive compared to Lulu. Lulu is priced reasonably and they have considerably after printing marketing resources. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Answer 3

notlimey

Level 1

71 points

Dec 18, 2023 10:21 AM in response to SilverCloud1948

Interesting. I've recently done three books printed through Lulu, each of which had both text and images (both drawings and photographs) and all came out perfectly. I wrote in Pages and then saved as pdf using the Pages system and uploaded that to Lulu. No problems. There is no 'Lulu Press' though - they farm their books out to local printers, depending on location. Books ordered for Canada were printed in Toronto; a copy I sent to friends in Wisconsin was printed in NYC.... etc.

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Answer 4

VikingOSX

Level 10

123,350 points

Dec 18, 2023 9:47 AM in response to SilverCloud1948

And you have them providing you with an "overprint issue" that Acrobat Pro denies. What is that costing you in time and if any, aggravation.

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Published (printed) photos have Overprint Issues with LULU Press

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